Providing Access to E-Books and E-Book Collections: Struggles and Solutions

The University of Tennessee Library has struggled with providing access to e-books as it orders more individual titles and e-book collections. To prepare for and manage complexities that come with rapid growth in the collection of e-books, several different library units-Electronic Resources & S...

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Published in:The Serials librarian 2013-01, Vol.64 (1-4), p.200-205
Main Authors: Hodge, Valeria, Manoff, Maribeth, Watson, Gail
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic libraries
Acquisitions
Aleph
automation
batch loading
Collaboration
Collection
Collection development
Decision making
Decisions
e-book management
E-books
Exact sciences and technology
Information and communication sciences
Information and document structure and analysis
Information processing and retrieval
Information science. Documentation
Information service management
Internet resources
Invoicing
Libraries
Library and documentation centre management
Library cataloging
Library cataloguing
Licensing
patron-driven acquisition
Resource management
scalability
Sciences and techniques of general use
Serials
workflow
Workflow software
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Summary:The University of Tennessee Library has struggled with providing access to e-books as it orders more individual titles and e-book collections. To prepare for and manage complexities that come with rapid growth in the collection of e-books, several different library units-Electronic Resources & Serials Management, Acquisitions, Research Services, Research Collections, Systems, and Cataloging-collaborate to make decisions and develop standardized processes. As problems are identified, they constantly evaluate and modify procedures and streamline and automate workflows. The presenters described problems, decision points, and solutions along the way from selecting, ordering, licensing, invoicing, and payment, to cataloging and access of individual e-books and e-book collections.
ISSN:0361-526X
1541-1095
DOI:10.1080/0361526X.2013.760411